As a result, northern officers who only speak Dari have to use translators when in the Pushtu-speaking south.

ECONOMIST: Afghanistan's troubled national army

The British frontier effort was cemented by a tough and accomplished breed of Pushtu-speaking British PAs, several of whom were murdered in Waziristan.

ECONOMIST: Waziristan

It contains many original manuscripts and rare copies of major works on history, literature, philosophy, law, astronomy, physics, chemistry, pharmacology, geography, music, mathematics, mineralogy, economy, fine arts, etc. written in Uzbek, Arabic, Farsi, Tajik, Urdu, Pushtu, Tatar, Azeri, Turkish, Turkmen, Uighur and other languages.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN TASHKENT